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• Autodesk Building Design Suites
Autodesk Building Design Suites ("BDS") give the power of BIM or computer-aided design ("CAD"), with tools for
modeling, visualization, and documentation. With a comprehensive set of tools, BDS gives customers the ability to manage all
phases of design and construction. Three editions of BDS are available to meet each customer's particular business needs and
offer the depth and breadth of the Autodesk portfolio.
• Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suites
The Infrastructure Design Suites are the BIM for Infrastructure design solution that combines intelligent, model-based
tools to help the user to gain more accurate, accessible, and actionable insight. With unique access to the Autodesk
infrastructure software portfolio, users can benefit throughout the execution and lifecycle of transportation, land, and water
projects. Three editions of Infrastructure Design Suites are available to meet each customer's particular business needs and offer
the depth and breadth of the Autodesk portfolio.
• AutoCAD Civil 3D
AutoCAD Civil 3D products provide a surveying, design, analysis, and documentation solution for civil engineering,
including land development, transportation, and environmental projects. Using a model-centric approach that automatically
updates documentation as design changes are made, AutoCAD Civil 3D products enable civil engineers, designers, drafters, and
surveyors to significantly boost productivity and deliver higher-quality designs and construction documentation faster. With
AutoCAD Civil 3D products, the entire project team works from the same consistent, up-to-date model so they stay coordinated
throughout all project phases.
• AutoCAD Map 3D
AutoCAD Map 3D software provides direct access to data needed for infrastructure planning, design, and management
activities. AutoCAD Map 3D software helps professionals working on transportation, land development, water, and power
projects to more easily create, manage, and analyze design geographic information system and asset data.
• Autodesk Revit
Purpose-built for BIM, the Autodesk Revit products collect information about a building project and allow this
information to be coordinated across all other representations of the project, so that every drawing sheet, 2D and 3D view and
schedule is based on internally consistent and complete information from the same underlying building database. The Autodesk
Revit products, including AutoCAD Revit Architecture Suite, AutoCAD Revit MEP Suite, and AutoCAD Revit Structure Suite,
provide an intuitive, sophisticated, model-based design and documentation system for architects; mechanical, electrical, and
plumbing ("MEP") engineers; structural engineers; design-build teams; and other design and building industry professionals.
MFG
Our MFG segment provides manufacturers in automotive and transportation, industrial machinery, consumer products
and building products with comprehensive digital engineering solutions that bring together data from all phases of the product
development and production life cycle creating a single digital model based on Autodesk Inventor software. Our solutions are
scalable, attainable, cost-effective, and allow for real-world simulation, enabling a broad group of manufacturers to realize
benefits with minimal disruption to existing workflows. In addition, Autodesk is redefining the product development process
with the introduction of a cloud-based Product Innovation Platform consisting of next generation technologies like Fusion 360
and PLM 360. These solutions support manufacturers' transformation to "agile" based product development processes versus
the traditional "waterfall" cycle conventional PLM technologies offer. MFG’s principal product offerings included the following
during fiscal 2016:
• Autodesk Product Design Suites
Autodesk Product Design Suites ("PDS") is a comprehensive solution for digital prototyping, delivering 3D design,
visualization and simulation tools to complete the entire engineering process. The digital prototyping capabilities of PDS can
help customers design better products, reduce development costs and get to market faster. Two editions of PDS are available to
meet each customer's particular business needs and offer the depth and breadth of the Autodesk portfolio.
2016 Annual Report